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I was sorting out lead this afternoon, in preparation of firing up the propane cooker and putting on a big pot of lead.

I cut an old propane cylinder in half, just above the seam and figure it'll hold a few pounds of alloy. :grin

I have a couple-hundred pounds of pure lead and ~30 pounds of tin sitting on my garage shop floor waiting for the weather to cool off just a little bit more. I need a bunch of 30:1 for the Sharps.

I also have ~150lb of lead wheel weights for other projects, namely a two-piece .458 spitzer (gas check design) for my .458WM, a two-piece .375 spitzer (also gas check design) for my .375-06 RCBS, and an NIB old #358429 plain base double cavity for my .357 Marlin 1894 and my various .357 & .38 Special revolvers.

I have two pounds of NASA lube from Bullshooter over at castboolits.com, roughly twenty tubes of old Javelina Alox/beeswax (50/50) that was given to me by a fellow who was getting out of the gun bidness, and ten tubes of old stock SAECO lube from the same guy.

Now all I need is for sharpsguy to let me in on his secret lube recipe for winning all those championships and I'll be ready to go.

Ed

Forget the Alox unless you're gonna shoot smokeless.

You're reminding me I need to shoot the rook rifle. In between fixing an old Dodge.

And when I get through with my nap, I'll cast up some more 705 gr 50 cals and 530 gr 45 cals, both paper patch bullets, now if i could only cut patches and roll em like Sharpsguy I'd have more time to nap!

When ya come down here....I'll give you a crash course!!

I remembered that from our earlier conversation. With all of the .458, .375, and .38/357 stuff to lube, I figure I'll use the Alox stuff on them and keep trying to convince you to give me you and your lovely bride's secret lube recipe.

The only thing I put in my RCBS Lubrisizer is the Alox stuff.

I figure to dip-lube my Sharps slugs.

Ed

Yes, yes you do. And promptly give us a Range Report, complete with pictures and arrows, and paragraph on the back of each one.

If you don't, we'll put you on the Group W bench...


Ed

Is the Group W bench for Wimmins? Wimmins who like black powder could be promising

I need to take some time at the 50 yards range this weekend. Besides the Rook, there is a rare .38-55 Ruger here that needs testing, with its receiver sight.

Long term, I'm suspicious I'll want a custom mold for the .300 Rook. Need to slug the barrel and confirm.

the Dodge project in question:

Your leave it at the lease truck. 318 with a flush a matic

Nope, it's a haul the UTV in the bed to the lease truck...



Needs a few things (like paint) but the drivetrain & body are solid. It's 2wd.

That will work Rick!

Fun project Tex, and you may already know, but be warned of a nose heavy 2wd diesel and pasture/lease/hunting use, have seen em stuck on top of wet ground Buddy.

Why? The engine only weighs 1100 lbs.

A 4x4 version could be interesting, but it should do what I want as is. Now, if I ran across a 4x4 parts truck, that could also add a new dimension to the project.

BWAHAHAHA Tex, hard lease road and you'll be good.

Might better hurry! Looks like primer cord coming out of the fuel intake!!

or a fuse?

The fuel filler pipe is incorrect for it, so the previous owner rigged a rope to let you pull it up & allow fueling. The parts weren't easy to find, but I have the correct ones now, and they'll go in this weekend. It has a few electrical bugs I am trying to fix. But overall it is solid.

I was specifically looking for a long bed, regular cab full size truck. This one turned up at a good price locally

I always thought cuttin' patches was the easy part?

Not for me DD, patch cutting and rolling is a royal pita, but the reward far outweighs the toil!

Haven't rightly seen patch material like that either.